I have set before you life and death.

SAINT POLYCARP, BISHOP AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I have set before you life and death. What do you think the main road in your town would look like if no one obeyed the traffic laws? Some cars might get through town unscathed, but many others would not—and...

When you pray

ASH WEDNESDAY When you pray . . .  Welcome to the season of Lent! Whether you are a longtime or first-time reader of our magazine or somewhere in between, we are sure that these next forty days can be a time of great blessing. Every Lent, we take up the spiritual...

If anyone wishes to be first

SAINT PETER DAMIAN, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.  If you have ever thought of the disciples as some kind of unrelatable, superhuman saints, this passage could...

I do believe, help my unbelief!

7TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME I do believe, help my unbelief!  Let’s do some basic chemistry. We know that a water molecule is made from two elements: hydrogen and oxygen. Both elements must be present for water to exist. If either is missing, it wouldn’t be water. In a...

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